MODIFY OUTPUT help Please
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Hello List Members- I have recently downloaded and installed the SPSSINC
MODIFY OUTPUT extension, but I am having some trouble getting it to do what I
want. I ran SPSSINC MODIFY OUTPUT /HELP. At the end of the help
text, there are a few examples. One provides this code: SPSSINC MODIFY OUTPUT TEXTS /IF OUTLINETEXT='Active Dataset' /VISIBILITY VISIBLE=FALSE. It is meant to hide the output text items that show what
the active dataset is. When I run this, I receive the following error message: Subcommand IF: OUTLINETEXT is not a valid keyword. This
command is not executed. Does anyone know if this example is incorrect, or if there
might be something wrong with it? The following code DOES work to hide the ‘Active
dataset’ message, but also hides other text items. I would prefer to have
more control over what is hidden and what is not. SPSSINC MODIFY OUTPUT TEXTS /IF PROCESS=ALL /REPLACE ITEMS /VISIBILITY VISIBLE=FALSE. Question #2: Is there a command that will remove an output
item completely, rather than just hiding it? In earlier versions of SPSS, I
used the “Clean Viewer” autoscripts to do this, but I would like to
know if there is a Python equivalent or better method for SPSS 17. To make sure
everything ran correctly and to help me figure out where I am in my syntax, I
generally like to view my commands in the LOG output items, but once I am
satisfied with my results, I like to remove them. It would be fantastic if I
could do this via syntax periodically in my processing. Perhaps it is a
hold-out from the early SPSS Viewer days when navigating the output window took
an extreme amount of memory and moving items around was slow & unreliable;
but I like to keep my output as clean as possible. Thanks for reading my questions, and I look forward to
hearing your responses, -Heidi P.S. I checked the Dev Central forums but found no entries
when I searched for MODIFY OUTPUT. |
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It is OUTLINETITLE, not OUTLINETEXT. 2.
There is currently no deletion option, although the underlying
functionality certainly exists. I thought it was a bit dangerous. I
can add it to the syntax, but I will probably not add it to the dialog box. Regards, Jon Peck From: SPSSX(r)
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Behalf Of Heidi Green Hello List Members- I have recently downloaded and installed the SPSSINC
MODIFY OUTPUT extension, but I am having some trouble getting it to do what I
want. I ran SPSSINC MODIFY OUTPUT /HELP. At the end of the help
text, there are a few examples. One provides this code: SPSSINC MODIFY OUTPUT TEXTS /IF OUTLINETEXT='Active Dataset' /VISIBILITY VISIBLE=FALSE. It is meant to hide the output text items that show what the
active dataset is. When I run this, I receive the following error message: Subcommand IF: OUTLINETEXT is not a valid keyword. This
command is not executed. Does anyone know if this example is incorrect, or if there
might be something wrong with it? The following code DOES work to hide the ‘Active
dataset’ message, but also hides other text items. I would prefer to have
more control over what is hidden and what is not. SPSSINC MODIFY OUTPUT TEXTS /IF PROCESS=ALL /REPLACE ITEMS /VISIBILITY VISIBLE=FALSE. Question #2: Is there a command that will remove an output
item completely, rather than just hiding it? In earlier versions of SPSS, I
used the “Clean Viewer” autoscripts to do this, but I would like to
know if there is a Python equivalent or better method for SPSS 17. To make sure
everything ran correctly and to help me figure out where I am in my syntax, I
generally like to view my commands in the LOG output items, but once I am
satisfied with my results, I like to remove them. It would be fantastic if I
could do this via syntax periodically in my processing. Perhaps it is a
hold-out from the early SPSS Viewer days when navigating the output window took
an extreme amount of memory and moving items around was slow & unreliable;
but I like to keep my output as clean as possible. Thanks for reading my questions, and I look forward to
hearing your responses, -Heidi P.S. I checked the Dev Central forums but found no entries
when I searched for MODIFY OUTPUT. |
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